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Data for Site QINFIERNO

Tributary to Tambopata near Infierno

Watershed Condition: Agriculture

Latitude: -12.71099 Longitude: -69.22817

For graphs comparing the parameters across sites, please refer to the project report.

Chemistry Value Units
Temperature 23.9 °C
pH 6.849  
Conductivity 29.1 μS/cm
Dissolved Oxygen 7.37 mg/L
% Dissolved Oxygen 87.8  
Alkalinity (CO3) 257.62 mg/L
DOC 1.12 mg/L
BDOC 0.27 mg/L
Calcium 1.29 mg/L
Magnesium 1.41 mg/L
Sodium 2.37 mg/L
Potassium 1.92 mg/L
Chloride 0.164 mg/L
Sulfate 0.577 mg/L
Ammonium-N 0.015 mg/L
Nitrite-N 0.001 mg/L
Nitrate-N 0.092 mg/L
Phosphate 0.007 mg/L
Seston Value Units
Fine Suspended Sediment (FSS) 10.21 mg/L
FSS Particulate Org C 0.48 mg/L
FSS Particulate Org N 0.041 mg/L
FSS molar C/N 13.65  
FSS del 13C -28.98 permil
FSS del 15N -7.21 permil
FSS Org C % 4.7  
FSS Org N % 0.41  
Coarse Suspended Sediment (CSS) 0.25 mg/L
CSS Particulate Org C 0.0098 mg/L
CSS Particulate Org N . mg/L
CSS molar C/N .  
CSS del 13C . permil
CSS del 15N . permil
CSS Org C % .  
CSS Org N % .  
Isotopes Value Units
del 15N 7.95 permil
del 18O 18.59 permil
Mean DOC from 13C Samples 1.44 mg/L
Mean DOC del 13C -30.2 permil
Macroinvertebrates Value  
% EPT 17.09  
Shannon Index 1.55  
EPT Richness 4.42  
Macro Richness 9.45